Builder, hanged himself after Facebook message told him:

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A builder killed himself after being threatened on Facebook that if he did not do so, others would do it for him, an inquest has heard.

 

Christopher Herbert, 39, was found hanged in a park after receiving the threats via the social networking site, a coroner in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, was told.

 

He had threatened suicide during a Facebook conversation after an incident with a former girlfriend’s father.

 

The inquest heard that Mr Herbert, of Cheltenham, was then told that if he did not take his own life others would do it for him.

 

A suicide verdict was recorded for Mr Herbert, who was found dead in the town’s Pittville Park on August 12 last year.

 

His mother Lorna Cooper told Gloucestershire Deputy Coroner David Dooley that he had suffered a head injury in a car accident when he was 21.

 

‘Since then he had emotional and other problems and used alcohol to help himself cope,’ she said.

 

‘He had a number of relationships and got in with the wrong company, all of which caused him problems.

 

‘He was threatened on Facebook and it all came to a head on August 11. A woman with whom he had had a relationship apparently said he would be going to prison following the incident with her father.

 

‘He said he would commit suicide rather than go to prison, and others said if he did not do it they would do it for him.’

 

She said her niece had been in touch with Mr Herbert on Facebook for some time and had told her what she had seen on the site.

 

The inquest at the Seasons Conference Centre in Cheltenham heard that Mr Herbert was found in a secluded part of the park where he was not easily seen.

 

A post-mortem examination found that he had twice the legal drink drive limit of alcohol in his blood at the time of death, but Mr Dooley said it was not likely this would have had any great effect on someone who drank alcohol on a regular basis.

 

Summing up, he said Mr Herbert had a chaotic lifestyle and drank as a coping mechanism to deal with his emotional problems.

 

‘He received threats on Facebook although this was not confirmed by police, and his cousin told of arguments on the site between him and a former girlfriend,’ he said.

 

‘He had been told he was likely to go to prison and he had said he would rather take his own life.’

 

He said to record a verdict of suicide, there had to be a higher level of proof and all other possibilities had to be ruled out.

 

‘He had no mental health problems, and did not leave any note but looking at the circumstances, he did it at night in a private place where he was unlikely to be disturbed.

 

‘This is a tragic case where Mr Herbert felt threatened and thought he had no other course of action.

 

‘I can be sure he intended his death and that he took the action which brought it about.’

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1362472/Builder-39-hangs-Facebook-message-If-don-t-will.html

[Dominator]

alguem que diga isso no fb do Justin Bieber :colb:

 

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